Cook stove



Dec. 14, 1937. w HARVEY ET AL. 2,102,459

COOK STOVE Filed Feb. 2'7, 1956 ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 14, 1937 73 1 UNITED "f'ST ATES PATENT OFFICE 000K s'rovn William Dow Harvey and Alden. Chester Kokomo, 1nd,, assignors to Globe American Corporation, Kokomo, Ind., a corporation Application February 27, 1936, Serial No. 65,993 2 claims; (01. 1264-1 This invention relates we cook stove or range tion, said view being taken substantially on the of the coalor wood burning type. line l l of l' ig.-2. Fig.2 is a similar section One object .of the'invention'is to provide means tak n, on the line 2+2 of'Fig. 1.- e i for more efficiently and uniformly heating the The S ve h wn in h w y W y Of 5 oven and controlling the temperature thereof. illustration, is Provided W h a bottom plate 5 To this end the oven is placed some distance end p s II a d cooking plate back Plate from the firebox nd m a a provided for M and front plate I5. These plates are all joined conducting the hot products of combustion comther in a conventional manner to form the pletely about four sides of the oven and discharg-- rectangular outer structure of the stove. Within ing the same to a fiue at the rear of the stove. e structure o f d, there is p vi d a p 10 Preferably, the hot gases pass first over the top tition l6 or ing with the plate I2 a chamber of the oven, then downwardly over the side re- Containing a firebox l7 d ash P W thin mote from the firebox, then across the bottom the firebox there are P d the usual grates of the oven and upwardly along the side nearest I9 and fire lining t t firebox t th flue A Warming chamber A second partition plate 2| extends from front 15 between the oven and firebox prevents direct apto back of the stove and forms with the plate plication of the flames of the firebox to the oven a chamber 22 Which y be p vi d With itself and thus no part of the oven is subjected suitable shelves r trays to se ve as a wa min to the more intense heat of the flame. The oven chamber- The p of the chamber 22 s closed is, therefore, heated with a high degree of uniy a p at 3 s a d r m t cooking p ate I3 20 f0rmity to provide a passageway for flame and hot gases To control the temperature of the oven, there from the fireboxis provided a by-pass permitting passage of the A11 Oven 24 s supported on the c P e l4 hot gases direct from the firebox tofthe flue withand front Plate 15 and is Completely 10 d e 25 out passing over any of the oven walls. The byeept atthe front of the stove where it is pro- 25 pass, when opened, prevents further rise in temvided with a closure 25 in the form of the usual perature of the oven. Together with the by-pass Oven 410012 7 there are preferably provided means for pre- The (Well is spaced from the Cooking plate venting movement of hot gases about the oven the end Plate bottom plate In and Partition operable when the by-pass has been opened. 2| to form Passages and p ve- 30 Such means preferably take the form of one or for e hot a s from the firebox, Which thus more dampers or similar devices operable to close have an Opportunity to circulate Completely off the flue from the gas passages surrounding around the 0Ve11- The pp end of e Passa e the oven whenever the by-pass is opened. By 29 is Closed y a Partition 30 eXtehding from this means, the circulation of hot air around the front to hack of e O e- 35 oven is stopped and the oven is surrounded by a The back Plate is Provided With an pen blanket of dead air which serves as an efficient 3| municating with a duct 32 leading to a heat insulator and prevents the temperature of flue connection A befiie 4 pr v nt the hot th even from dropping undesirably fast The gases from short-circuiting to the rear of the oven may thu be heated to a, desired temperaoven bottom and thus maintains a more uniform ture, the by-pass opened and circulation stopped, i ribution of the heat.

whereupon the temperature remains above the Above the partition 30 and a part of the oven,

cooking temperature of the particular food in the there is an opening 35 in the back plate l4 com-v oven for a sufficient time to perform many immunicating with the duct 32. Said opening is portant cooking operations on the retained heat. provided with a closure 36 attached to a pivotally Furthermore, when the temperatureflnally drops mounted rod 31. In the position shown in full below the cooking point, the food stops cooking lines in Fig. 2, the closure 36 prevents passage of but remains hot enough to serve for several hours the hot gases through the opening 35. Said gases without drying up, burning or spoiling. must, therefore, circulate about the oven before Other objects and features of the invention reaching the flue 33 andserve to heat the oven. will be understood from the accompanying draw- When the oven has reached its desired temperaing and the following description and claims: ture, the closure 36 is moved to the broken line Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view through a position of Fig. 2, in which position the passage stove constructed in accordance with the inven- 35 is opened but all communication between pas- 55 sage 29 and the fiue 33 is cut off. The gases are then by-passed direct from the firebox to the flue and circulation about the oven is stopped. The by-passing of the gases, without coming into direct contact with the oven, prevents further heating thereof, while the trapping of a body of hot, dead air or gas in passages 26, 21, 28 and 29 acts as heat insulation and retards cooling. Thus, the oven may remain above cooking temperature without further manipulation of drafts or by-pass for an appreciable length of time.

While the foregoing specification describes a preferred form of the invention, the details thereof may be varied without departing from its scope as defined in the appended claims. For example, the closure 36 herein serves both 1011' the by-pass and for the stoppage of circulation. An operable construction could be created by using separate dampers for the two functions,

although the present construction is preferable. The invention claimed is: 1. In a cook stove, the combination of a firebox, an oven, a'warming chamber between-the tween the firebox and oven, means spaced from the oven and forming passages conducting products of combustion from the firebox across the top of the oven, thence downwardly along the side of the oven remote from the firebox, thence across the bottom of the oven and thence upwardly'along the side of the oven nearest the firebox between the oven and warming chamber to said flue, and means operable at will for bypassing said products of combustion to the flue without passing over the surfaces of the oven.

WILLIAM DOW HARVEY.v ALDEN P. CHESTER. 

